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2012 moving-picture show by M. J. Bassett

Silent Hill: Revelation
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Directed by	K. J. Bassett
Written by	M. J. Bassett
Based on	Silent Colina past Konami
Produced by	Samuel Hadida Don Carmody
Starring	Adelaide Clemens Kit Harington Deborah Kara Unger Martin Donovan Malcolm McDowell Carrie-Anne Moss Sean Edible bean
Cinematography	Maxime Alexandre[1]
Edited by	Michele Conroy[1]
Music past	Jeff Danna Akira Yamaoka[2]
Production companies	Konami Davis Films Silent Hill two DCP, Inc.
Distributed past	Brotherhood Films (Canada) Open Road Films (U.S.) Metropolitan Filmexport (France)
Release dates	26 October 2012 (2012-10-26) (Canada) 28 November 2012 (2012-11-28) (France)
Running time	95 minutes[3]
Countries	Canada French republic[4]
Language	English
Budget	$20 meg
Box office	$56 million[5]

Silent Hill: Revelation (also known as Silent Loma: Revelation 3D ) is a 2012 psychological horror film written and directed by G. J. Bassett. A sequel to the 2006 picture show Silent Hill, information technology stars Adelaide Clemens, Kit Harington, Martin Donovan, Malcolm McDowell and Carrie-Anne Moss, along with Sean Bean, Deborah Kara Unger and Radha Mitchell returning from the previous film. It is based on the survival horror video game Silent Hill 3 by Konami.^[6] Revelation 's plot follows adult Heather Mason (Clemens) who, discovering on the eve of her eighteenth birthday that her presumed identity is imitation, is drawn to an alternate dimension existing in the fictitious American town of Silent Colina.

Talks for a Silent Hill sequel began in December 2006, with Christophe Gans returning to direct and Roger Avary writing a script for the project. However, after Gans dropped out from directing and Avary was imprisoned for vehicular manslaughter, the project entered in a complicated production. Later, in early 2010, Bassett was hired to direct and write the film, replacing Gans and Avary. She had expressed her openness to fans' suggestions of actresses for Heather's role. On a total estimated $twenty meg upkeep, filming lasted from March to May 2011 in Canada, with the 3D RED Ballsy camera used for the procedure; sound mixing took place in France.

Silent Loma: Revelation was released in Canada on 26 October 2012 by Alliance Films and in France on 28 November 2012 by Metropolitan Filmexport. The moving picture grossed over $56 million worldwide and received negative reviews from critics.^{[5] [seven]}

Plot [edit]

In January 2011, Sharon Da Silva (Adelaide Clemens) and her adoptive begetter Christopher (Sean Bean) take spent the past few years moving from town to boondocks and assuming different identities, including the names Heather Mason and Harry Stonemason. Heather believes that they are on the run from the law considering Harry killed a human being in self-defense force and that her adoptive female parent Rose Da Silva (Radha Mitchell) died in a car crash. In fact, he has been protecting her from the Guild, a cult of Silent Hill. Rose was able to free Heather from the fog world using one one-half of a talisman called the Seal of Metatron, but she remained trapped in Silent Loma.

Heather meets fellow pupil Vincent Cooper (Kit Harington), only she is haunted by hallucinations of Silent Hill. She is approached by private investigator Douglas Cartland (Martin Donovan) regarding her identity. Heather warns her father, but he is abducted by the Order and taken to Silent Hill. Unaware of this, Heather goes to a mall to await for him, just enters the mall's Otherworld. Douglas explains he was hired by the Order to find Heather, but decides to aid her when he discovered who his clients were. A monster, the Missionary (Liise Keeling), kills Douglas. Heather returns to the real world and flees, unfortunately leaving her a doubtable of Douglas' murder.

Vincent escorts her home, just they find a bulletin instructing Heather to go to Silent Loma. On the way to rescue her male parent, Heather reads a letter from her begetter detailing the truth of her groundwork and lost memories. Heather and Vincent travel to the boondocks, just finish at a motel, where Vincent reveals that he is the son of the Order's leader Claudia Wolf (Carrie-Anne Moss), and was sent by her to ensure Heather came of her own volition to Silent Hill. He reveals that Heather is a part of Alessa Gillespie (Erin Pitt), a girl whose immolation 38 years earlier past the Guild led to cosmos of the boondocks's shifting dimensions. The resulting statement triggers a shift to the Otherworld. The Missionary grabs Vincent, merely not before he tells Heather to discover his grandfather Leonard (Malcolm McDowell), who possesses the other half of the Seal of Metatron.

Heather ventures into the foggy dimension to find her begetter. She encounters Alessa's female parent Dahlia (Deborah Kara Unger), who reveals that Claudia intends to complete the purpose intended for Alessa at her burning. Later on a shift to the Otherworld, Heather finds Leonard who, after informing her that the Seal of Metatron will reveal "the true nature of things," fuses Heather's half of the amulet with the ane he possesses and becomes a monster. Subsequently being knocked out and carried off, Heather regains consciousness and grabs the amulet from within his body, killing Leonard. Equally she runs away, she summons Pyramid Caput (Roberto Campanella), the entity created to protect Alessa (and by extension Heather), with her pleading and hides from him. Soon afterward, she witnesses Vincent being taken abroad past the Social club after beingness deemed insane by Claudia for betraying them.

Heather saves Vincent and they become to Lakeside Amusement Park where the Gild's sanctuary is subconscious. Dark Alessa (Erin Pitt and Adelaide Clemens), the manifestation of Alessa's wrath, confronts Heather who embraces her counterpart, absorbing her, and making Alessa complete once once more. Heather confronts Claudia, who is holding Christopher and Vincent hostage. Claudia explains that Alessa's destiny was to be the incubator for a deity worshiped by the Order, who would punish all sinners upon its birth, completing Heather's destiny likewise. Remembering Leonard's words, Heather gives Claudia the Seal of Metatron, revealing her to be the Missionary. Heather summons Pyramid Head, who kills the Missionary, assuasive Heather to rescue Vincent and Christopher.

As the fog fades from the boondocks, Christopher decides to stay in Silent Loma to find and free Rose, leaving Heather and Vincent to care for each other. They manage to hitch a ride away from the place in a truck driven by Travis Grady (Peter Outerbridge). Travis mentions to Heather - now referring to herself as Sharon - and Vincent that they were lucky he was in that location since he had non been driving in that direction for a long time. A couple of constabulary cars, followed by a prisoner transport, enter the area of Silent Hill, which is then consumed by the fog. In a post-credits scene, Pyramid Head is seen walking through an unknown surface area in Silent Colina.

Cast [edit]

• Adelaide Clemens as Heather Mason / Sharon Da Silva, the troubled adoptive girl of Rose and Chris Da Silva, who has been running abroad from Silent Colina with Chris for six years; and as Dark Alessa, in teenaged form, the tormented daughter of Dahlia Gillespie, who was severely burned by the cult and exacted revenge on them.
• Kit Harington as Vincent Smith, a classmate of Heather and secretly a member of the Order and the son of Claudia Wolf, sent to accept Heather to Silent Hill.
• Sean Bean every bit Harry Mason / Christopher Da Silva,^[8] the adoptive father of Heather/Sharon, who has been keeping Heather/Sharon'south true identity and memories a secret out of protection for six years.
• Carrie-Anne Moss equally Claudia Wolf, the priestess of the Order of Valtiel, sister of Christabella and Dahlia, daughter of Leonard, female parent of Vincent, and the main antagonist of the movie, who holds Christopher convict.
  • Liise Keeling as The Missionary, Claudia's monster form, revealed after she touches the Seal of Metatron.
• Malcolm McDowell as Leonard Wolf, the grandad of Vincent and father of Claudia, who was chained downwards and abandoned by the cult.
• Martin Donovan as Douglas Cartland,^[ix] a detective hired past Claudia to spy on Sharon and Vincent to capture them.
• Deborah Kara Unger equally Dahlia Gillespie, the ragged and depressed biological mother of Alessa Gillespie, who wanders through Silent Loma'south alternating dimensions.
• Radha Mitchell as Rose Da Silva, the adoptive mother of Sharon and wife to Chris, who is trapped in the fog world after the events of the showtime film.
• Heather Marks equally Suki, a girl who took a wrong turn and got lost in the fog.
• Roberto Campanella every bit Pyramid Head,^[10] a humanoid monster wearing a triangular shaped helmet who protects Sharon and Alessa.
• Erin Pitt equally Young Alessa Gillespie, the tormented daughter of Dahlia Gillespie, who was severely burned by the cult and exacted revenge on them; and equally the younger Sharon Da Silva, along with Dark Alessa, who is seen frequently haunting Heather.
• Peter Outerbridge as Travis Grady, a character from Silent Hill: Origins who makes a cameo near the end of the flick.

Production [edit]

Absence of Christophe Gans and Roger Avary (2006–2010) [edit]

In December 2006,Silent Colina writer/manager Christophe Gans announced that Sony had officially ordered another installment in theSilent Loma picture series. Gans stated that he would like to return to the franchise, if his commitment toOnimusha did not bar him from participating. Gans also confirmed that Roger Avary would exist back to write the script.^[11]

In 2007, producer Don Carmody stated that a screenplay was slowly being developed and that "[Gans is] involved pretty heavily in some other project right now" and would likely non return as director. As well, Avary said that he would not exist returning to collaborate on the adjacent film on the account that Gans would not be returning, either.^[eleven] In September 2009, Sony Pictures announced that Roger Avary and producer Samuel Hadida were officially signed on the project and that filming would begin in 2010. Hadida stated that product would brainstorm upon completion ofResident Evil: Afterlife. Withal, afterward that month, Roger Avary was sentenced to a 1-year jail term for vehicular manslaughter, and was unable to participate in the film'southward production.^[12]

In November 2009, Carmody told Shock Till You Drop that Gans was unlikely to return for the sequel, and that they were going to make the sequel "more than accessible to a wider audience". Carmody stated that the film would characteristic a graphic symbol from the first movie who is now older, implying that Sharon Da Silva or Alessa Gillespie would be returning, although actress Jodelle Ferland announced that she had not been contacted for the role.^[12]

In August 2010, Carmody said the sequel had "stalled" due to Avary's imprisonment, only that he still wanted to be involved with the picture show and had a basic outline for it.^[12]

K. J. Bassett's interest (2010–present) [edit]

In November 2010, information technology was announced that Lionsgate had begun pre-sales on the next installment and that M. J. Bassett would direct the motion-picture show, titledSilent Hill: Revelation 3D. Bassett revealed she had written her own screenplay, replacing Roger Avary. She added that she would bring back as many of the core creative team as she could from the commencement film to go along its look and feel, merely add together "more than darkness and fear into the mix besides".

On July 14, 2012, M. J. Bassett appeared at San Diego Comic-Con. She showed two clips from the movie. The commencement was a short clip showing the Mannequin Monster, and the second showed Vincent tied to an operating table surrounded by Nurses. A movie trailer was released after that month, and from then on, more TV spots, posters and promotional stills were released in apprehension of the motion picture.

Direction [edit]

Bassett has stated that whileSilent Hill 3 would be the best game of choice to accommodate from, information technology is a sequel to the first picture show starting time and foremost, and still needed to make sense with what the offset movie had established, such as the mythology and relations between characters. People who watched the motion-picture show expecting "Silent Loma 3: The Movie" would exist disappointed in that it differed from the game in many places, as information technology took dissimilar directions in many areas. The movie was supposed to be a sequel to the first film that used Silent Loma 3 equally background.

Despite this, at that place were supposed to be many nods to the games that only gamers would take hold of, and the way many scenes were shot in the film were supposed to reminiscent of Silent Hill three.^{[ citation needed ]} An example of this is how the filmography is shot during the carousel scene.

In an interview years after the release ofRevelation, Bassett spoke well-nigh her feelings towards the motion-picture show. She said it felt more than like a collaboration and didn't have complete control, but since she wrote and directed information technology, admits many aspects of its failings are as well hers. She felt similar she had to satisfy either the gamers or the audience and that information technology felt impossible to do both. She said shooting in 3D was a pain, and felt obligated to merits information technology was a keen movie for the press, but in the dorsum of her mind, she didn't wholeheartedly agree. She wished she stood upwards for her vision of the movie and for the fans, and for a more than personal, tense, sexual, and less accessible for non-fans. She regretted trying to tie the game and film canons together, equally it created contradictions and retcons. She apologized, saying she was very sorry to everyone who did non like the movie.

Casting [edit]

Earlier filming began, Bassett was open to suggestions in casting the woman to play Heather, assuasive fans to post the names of actresses on her blog that they believed could play her, provided that the actress could realistically portray an eighteen-twelvemonth-one-time and had experience in other films.^[thirteen] Adelaide Clemens was somewhen called for the function of Heather, though no one had suggested her. Bassett fabricated another post asking for suggestions for Claudia'south actress and some fans suggested Donna Burke, just Bassett was disappointed by the suggestions, feeling it was not a "very imaginative selection", and removed the post.

Kit Harington acknowledged Vincent's graphic symbol had been changed from the game version in order to give some elbowroom every bit a support character for Heather. Heather was somewhat less of a "smartass" to give her a more realistic personality. Bassett was interested in a character who shows "some genuine human responses to the terrible things she experiences."

Original bandage, including Radha Mitchell, Sean Bean, Deborah Kara Unger, and Roberto Campanella were all contacted to reprise their characters, which they accustomed.

Filming [edit]

In March 2011, the production team began filming in Cambridge, Ontario, Canada. Product was delayed when a freak snowstorm hit the set in Cambridge on March 23, 2011. On May 15, 2011, Bassett appear that filming had ended and was in post-production. It was somewhen announced that the film would be released on October 26, 2012 by Open Route Films.

Principal photography began in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on 7 March 2011^[14] and wrapped in May 2011,^{[xiv] [15]} with the 3D RED Epic photographic camera used for the procedure.^[16] Street and bridge scenes were shot in Galt from 21 to 26 March,^[17] and scenes set at Silent Hill's Lakeside Amusement Park were filmed at the Ruby Beach park on 7 April 2011.^[xviii] The terminal theatrical mix for the film was completed on two Feb 2012.^[19] The film's sound mixing took place in Paris, French republic, and was handled by a squad of six people.^[20]

Audio design and music [edit]

In 2009, video game artist Masahiro Ito, who participated in the development of multiple installments of the Silent Hill series of video games, was asked to pattern the creatures and the look of the "Otherworld" dimension featured in the pic, but declined the offering because of other obligations.^[21] Jeff Danna and Akira Yamaoka composed the film's soundtrack. Mary Elizabeth McGlynn sung the official theme of the film "Silent Scream".^[two]

Release [edit]

Silent Hill: Revelation had its premier in Hong Kong on 25 Oct 2012. Information technology was theatrically released in the U.S. through Open Road Films on 26 October 2012.^[22] Two clips were screened at San Diego Comic-Con International 2012, and a trailer was issued on 27 July 2012.^[23] The pic was released direct-to-video in Australia^[24] on 6 March 2013.^[25]

Reception [edit]

Box office [edit]

Silent Loma: Revelation opened at #5 at the box office, taking in a weekend number of $viii million, and grossed a full of $55,975,672 worldwide.^[v]

Critical reception [edit]

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Silent Hill: Revelation was panned by film critics. The pic holds a x% blessing rating on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, based on threescore critics, with an average rating of iii.1/ten. The site's disquisitional consensus reads, "Mediocre effort even by the standards of video game adaptations, Silent Hill: Revelation 3D features weak characters and an incomprehensible plot with a shortage of scares."^[7] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted boilerplate score of 16 out of 100, based on 14 critics, indicating "overwhelming dislike."^[26] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the picture an average grade "C" on an A+ to F scale.^[27]

Dennis Harvey of Variety said that Silent Hill: Revelation 3D is a "cheaper, cheesier sequel that'southward worse than its predecessor on every level (salve existence a half-hr shorter) and takes no special advantage of the stereoscopic procedure."^[28] Andy Webster of The New York Times criticized its poorly written characters and plot, which he considered "thumbnail sketches at best", and stated that the picture show "reduces its human players to plastic activeness figures in tired genre settings."^[29] Kenneth Brown of Blu-ray.com expressed that "Revelation is terrible. [...] Every fourth dimension Maxime Alexandre'southward cinematography and the sequel'due south rusty banality room atmosphere delivers, every time writer/director Chiliad. J. Bassett [...] transplants a yet-beating heart from the Silent Hill videogame [sic] series that'southward genuinely chilling, the film descends into directly-to-video mediocrity".^[30]

Possible sequel [edit]

In Oct 2012, 1000. J. Bassett stated that if she was to make a sequel, instead of adapting from an existing game, she would prefer to utilize the stories in the graphic novel adaptations.^[31]

In January 2020, Christophe Gans told French magAllocine that he was in the process of writing new screenplays based on theSilent Hill andFatal Frame series with producer Victor Hadida. He stated the production of his previousSilent Loma pic was a beautiful retentivity for him and he chose not return for the sequelSilent Hill: Revelation because his vision did not match that of the producers. He told the next moving-picture show could exist set in a minor American boondocks ruled over by Puritanism.^[32]

Gans and Hadida developed the concept and pitched information technology to rights holder Konami. According to Gans, the visitor felt galvanized past the success of Capcom'southwardResident Evil 2 remake and greenlit the picture show equally part of an initiative to getSilent Hill dorsum into the public consciousness. In June 2022, Gans stated that he finished the script nether Konami's supervision while isolated during the COVID-19 pandemic and the project was eyeing a 2023 release. He clarified that it is not a direct sequel to the 2006-2012 film series and that his sensibilities had evolved since the release of the first pic:

"Silent Hill is a bit likeTwilight Zone, theFourth Dimension, a place where anything and everything can happen. I worked on a newSilent Hill which is aSilent Hill of the year 2023 and not aSilent Loma every bit I imagined it in 2006. It is clear that today's horror cinema no longer resembles the horror movie theater of 2006. Adept for that matter. Non that 2007 horror cinema wasn't good, but every genre is going through an development. I'm trying to take into account what I've been able to encounter recently, which is more original and more surprising in terms of horror films, and to see if inSilent Hill there are the seeds, or even the expression of that.Silent Loma has always been a game beyond the norm and alee of its time."

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External links [edit]

• Official website
• Silent Hill: Revelation at IMDb
• Silent Hill: Revelation at AllMovie
• Silent Loma: Revelation at Box Office Mojo

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silent_Hill:_Revelation

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